You may want to get a few bids from different contractors to get an idea.

I would love to take someone out to coffee and help provide some value as a rehab and construction contractor with anyone experienced willing to take a chance on a newbie investor.Thanks all!

However, in the past we have been "hobby flippers" one a year, this year our goal is to do 12 houses,, we are on target for 8 right now as we continue to scale up on our contractors and qualified help.I hope this was enough info to make sense. 

It seems to me you are basically just looking to wholesale but you also provide a contractor to go with it.

I found a private lender, and looking for, contract, or ideas where to go, for what others use to show the bank that we have a recorded mortgage already?

We are partly done with the renovation, and our contractor can't continue working.

If I do go with a semi-fixer-upper, are there any recommended contractors for estimating upgrade costs?

The damage done to roof with mounting and other insurance issues usually outweighs any positives.Sounds like they have a company exec or hired contractor to call on possible sites and see who they can get cheap rent from. 

The icing on the cake is that it was our current contractor that asked this question. 

We contacted a few contractors and had an engineering company have a look before we backed out on the deal.